Meet Derrick Tarver, Whose Youth Mental Health Platform TCBMe Won Well City Challenge 2.0

Derrick Tarver’s work with young people started over 20 years ago. That’s when he began collaborating with nonprofits to provide permanent supportive housing for youth with behavioral health issues.

At the time, he had just started investing in real estate and was approached by Brooke Lipscomb, who was running a felony mental health court diversion program. Tarver offered one of his properties as housing to young people graduating from Lipscomb’s program.

Those two decades of commitment have culminated in the That Could Be Me Foundation (TCBMe), a nonprofit that created a social self care platform to empower youth. Tarver, the founder and executive director, continues to work with Lipscomb, who is TCBMe’s director of partnerships.

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